World Tourism

[ad_1] Experts announced Monday the sargassum invasion of beaches along the Mexican Caribbean will likely return in 2019 despite efforts to combat the seaweed. According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) scientist Brigitta Ine van Tussenbroek said the damage to the ecosystem and the …

[ad_1] Drivers doing the airport run (drop off and pick up) could be facing charges of up to £25.00 according to a recent comparison from Taxi Insurers Staveley Head. The study used data from Civil Aviation Authority1 to rank 30 of the UK’s busiest airports (based on footfall) from the …

[ad_1] I’ve often thought of Cape Town as South Africa’s San Francisco. The famously progressive city enjoys a similar Mediterranean climate, iconic fog (which creeps in over Table Mountain and is called the tablecloth), stunning coastline, a huge queer population, and an extensive collection of creative types in the business …

[ad_1] BERLIN – With five per cent more international trips, outbound travel from the Americas has shown solid growth in 2018 with a plus of 5 per cent. In contrast to the previous year, where North American growth exceeded Latin America, the first eight months of 2018 reflected the contrary. …

[ad_1] The portly frog and I eyed each other from afar. The frog looking like he hoped to break free from his cage at a Hong Kong wet market. Me, the sentimental, animal-loving vegan, wanting to set him loose. Called Ting-gai in Cantonese, which oddly enough translates to mean “field …

[ad_1] DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – Average hotel prices fall the first month of 2019 compared to December 2018 in almost all European cities listed on the trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI), reported monthly by global hotel metasearch trivago.com. Of the European cities listed, Vienna sees the most significant drop in hotel …

Japanese tourism to the UK is expected to grow this year to its highest level since 2007, as the two countries continue to strengthen economic and cultural ties. National tourism agency VisitBritain expects visit numbers from Japan to reach 270,000 in 2019, a nine per cent increase on 2017. Spending …

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has revealed the Caribbean island saw record arrivals and earnings for the period December 21st-24th. Preliminary airport arrivals stood at 34,081, an increase of 12.8 per cent over the corresponding festive period in 2017. Estimated gross earnings stood at US$51 million, which represents a …

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation, together with the European Travel Commission, has launched a new report on health tourism. Part of their joint research programme, the study is the first attempt to set a coherent conceptualisation of health tourism and define the motivations behind travellers looking for health-related services. …

Prague Airport, CzechTourism, Prague City Tourism and the tourism hub for Central Bohemia have launched an advertising campaign in New York. The campaign aims to present Prague and Central Bohemia in the US as an attractive and safe destination and promote incoming tourism from the country. The campaign to promote …